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Paul Jacob Bailey (1905-1994) —
also known as Paul J. Bailey —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1905.
Republican. Musician; lawyer; farmer; theater
owner; member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; member of Maryland
state senate, 1946-67; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1956.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died November
30, 1994 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at All
Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Bailey and Lillian (Alwine) Bailey; married to Verna
(Putnam) Virts. |
| | | Epitaph: "STATE SENationalOR,
CONSERVATOR, SERVANT AND FRIEND OF ST. MARY's CountyNTY AND
MARYLAND -- RETURN UNTO THY REstate, O MY SOUL, FOR THE LOrder
HATH DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH THEE." |
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memorial |
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Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) —
also known as Andrew J. Biemiller —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, July 23,
1906.
College
instructor; Socialist Party educational director for Milwaukee,
1933-36; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 2nd District, 1937-42; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated (Democratic), 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Quaker.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Eagles;
Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American Federation of Teachers.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1982 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Ellicott
Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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John Gordon Cooper (1872-1955) —
also known as John G. Cooper —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
April
27, 1872.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
7, 1955 (age 82 years, 255
days).
Interment at Lake
Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
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N. T. Downs (b. 1874) —
of Mill Creek, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Flintstone, Allegany
County, Md., October
26, 1874.
Democrat. Railway
freight and ticket agent; telegraph
operator; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1941-46.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Downs and Elizabeth (Chisholm) Downs; married, June 14,
1899, to Philomena Patterson. |
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Martin Patrick Durkin (1894-1955) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
18, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
13, 1955 (age 61 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Alexander Garmatz (1903-1986) —
also known as Edward A. Garmatz —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
7, 1903.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1947-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Moose; Elks.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 22,
1986 (age 83 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) —
also known as Elmer J. Holland —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
8, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1942-43, 1956-68 (33rd District
1942-43, 30th District 1956-63, 20th District 1963-68); died in
office 1968; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1943-56.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; United Steelworkers of America.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., August
9, 1968 (age 74 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Konig (1865-1913) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in North Point, Baltimore
County, Md., January
26, 1865.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1911-13; died in
office 1913.
Member, Knights of Labor.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 31,
1913 (age 48 years, 125
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) —
also known as Patrick V. McNamara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
4, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
30, 1966 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas David Nicholls (1870-1931) —
also known as Thomas D. Nicholls —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president,
District 1, United Mine Workers of America, 1899-1909; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1907-11.
Member, United Mine Workers.
Died in 1931
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Antioch
Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Princess Anne, Md.
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Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) —
also known as Merrill H. Tilghman —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
9, 1875.
Democrat. Railway
conductor; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1926.
Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Order of Railway
Conductors.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1927 (age 52 years, 26
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park, Wilmington, Del.
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William Wayne Winpisinger (1924-1997) —
also known as William W. Winpisinger;
"Wimpy" —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Columbia, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
10, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mechanic;
president,
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
1977-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Member, International Association of Machinists; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of cancer,
in the Howard County Memorial Hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
11, 1997 (age 73 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) —
also known as Frederick N. Zihlman —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
2, 1879.
Republican. Glass
blower; president,
Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member of Maryland
state senate, 1910-17; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,
1914, 1930; investigated
in 1924 by the U.S. House over an accusation
that he accepted a
bribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the charges were not
substantiated; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); in December 1929, he, Daniel
R. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith
Company, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,
were indicted
on federal charges
of using the mails to commit fraud;
most of those indicted went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissinger
were never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
Methodist.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Moose.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April
22, 1935 (age 55 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md.
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